Re: Installation troubles
In article <[🔎] 35F9A757.34C17F55@tinet.ie>,
Brian Sheehan <osiochain@tinet.ie> wrote:
>I decided to re-install Debian 2.0 today from scratch, because I wanted
>to re-partition my hardisk. I have the official Debian CD and using that
>I repartitioned my disk so that it now has 4 linux partitions - 1 large
>root partition (primary), two smaller logical ones (for /home and /etc)
>and a swap partition.
Bad, bad idea. A much better division would be:
/ 50 MB
/usr 100-300 MB
/var 100-300 MB
swap as much as memory
/home the rest
>INIT : no inittab
>INIT : no default runlevel
>No more processes left at this runlevel
>
>Would this have anything to do with the fact that /etc is in a logical
>partition?
Yes. /etc HAS to be on the root partition - it contains all the
boot scripts, including the stuff that mounts all other partitions.
If /etc is on a seperate partition, you have a chicken-egg problem.
Mike.
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